Michigan Writers News & Events

Summer 2008 issue

Michigan Writers Inc. is proud to introduce Todd Mercer and Denise Baker as the new editors of the Dunes Review, replacing editor Heather Shaw who retired after producing the Summer 2008 issue.

Mercer, who lives in Bellaire, is the new Senior Editor in charge of reviewing and selecting submissions for publication. Baker, of Interlochen, will serve as Managing Editor. Her duties include subscriptions, publicity, and fiscal coordination.

Shaw, who ran the journal for five years, will stay on as designer and production editor. Michael Callaghan and Duncan Sprattmoran will continue as literary editors, working with Mercer on content. All are unpaid volunteers.

“This team, all active members of Michigan Writers, is truly a dream team for the Dunes Review,” said Anne Marie-Oomen, president of Michigan Writers. “Everyone is working in their strength, and Todd will continue the pace of growth that Heather set for the magazine. It feels like this literary periodical, now in its second decade, has really come into its own.”

 The Dunes Review is co-published by Michigan Writers, the Glen Arbor Arts Association, and the Beach Bards. Click here to read the full news release.

Michigan Writers members are prolific and published! Our web listing of books published by members continues to grow, with a number of new titles added this year.

However, we know our list is far from complete.  We encourage members to send us information about their books -- old or new.  We'll be happy to list website links, cover image, ISBN, etc.  Contact us at info@michwriters.org.

Click here to see what your fellow members have been writing.

Michigan Writers has given out hundreds of dollars of scholarships and discounts to help our members attend area workshops and conferences this year. Four members attended the Bear River Writers Conference in May on partial scholarships ($250 minimum award): Joy Gaines-Friedler, Melissa Olson Cunningham, Kate Trainer and Angela Williams. Another twenty-four members attended the Between the Lakes: Interlochen Symposium for Writers and Readers in April, receiving a $50 discount off the $149 registration price. Finally, Michigan Writers offered five $100 scholarships for the Writer's Intensive workshop June 16-19 at the Interlochen College of Creative Arts. Kudos to board member Bill Corbett, who secured grants for the scholarships.

For more information on other workshops and conferences coming up this summer, click here.

    Michigan Writers is proud to announce the release of the newest titles in our Cooperative Press chapbook series. Three poets from Northwest Lower Michigan are the latest set of emerging writers to be selected and published by the innovative press.
  

    The 2008 titles are:

• Dangerous Exuberance by Leigh Fairey.
• The Grass Impossibly by Holly Wren Spaulding.
• The Chocolatier Speaks of His Wife by Catherine Turnbull.

Click here for more information and to order copies of the chapbooks.